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external hard drive as startup (please help)
Can anyone provide helpful insight on this please: I have an old laptop with minimal hard disk space that is starting to run out but can't afford to buy the new laptop that I want till much later in the year. The only thing I really need at present is more disc space but it has to be on the C drive where the emails and…
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Help with excel and IF statements
Just trying to build something into a spreadsheet i am working and what i want it to do is if a certain value is a cell say 'A2' the formula i want in a particular cell say 'A10' is if the value in A2 is between 500 & 7500 i want value in A10 to be 36, and if the value is between 7501 and 25000 in A2 i want value in A10 to…
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photographic question
It has been over a year now since I attempted to print a photo or two. When I transfer photo's to the computer, they go to Picasa2, a suite a prefer. I have a few others on my comp, all freebies, but they might as well be removed. Anyway, within picasa, there are a number of pics that with a bit of cropping and enlarging,…
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Surge protection for abroad
Saw this http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20070201.p.Surge_Protector.ar11 and wondered if it was of any use for what I have in mind, so if anyone could advise would be grateful. Currently having house built in Cyprus & been advised that due to powercuts/electrical storms that surge protection is advisable for…
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Urgent need of reliable and feature-rich web host
Hi. I have received a notice from 1&! to say that my 3-year trial period of their Professional hosting package will expire on Wednesday - yes not much notice but oh well. I only got into this deal because my cousin State-side agreed to register for me. I'm not sure what happens on Wednesday, whether my account just becomes…
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what is a QWERTY keyboard?
What does qwerty mean? Are all keyboards qwerty? I also notice that there is the word QWERTY on the keyboard layout. Its just that I'm buying a keyboard, and sometimes on the description it mentions qwerty
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New TV, please help :) - Your thoughts on this theory
It's a long one, but please take time to read :) Ok, I have spent the last hour reading the old threads about Plasma V's LCD, esp the good advice in this one. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=337011&highlight=plasma I would prefer to buy my TV (at least a 42", maybe even a 46") from Richer Sounds or…
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The Not So Great, But Still Mildly Important Free ScreenSaver Hunt...
Hi Folks, Excuse the long winded title but... Where have all the good screen savers gone? All I can find now is dodgy ones are maleware viruses. Please find a link below to some http://www.reallyslick.com/ I would like you all to add a link to a free groovy screen saver. Just 4 rules 1.They need to be groovy:cool: 2.They…
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My monitor is humming/buzzing
Its getting really annoying now, I've only had it a couple of years, any got any suggestions that dont involve buying a new one??
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Question about Playstation/XBox
Do you need to play these on a TV or do they have their own screen? If they do need a screen can you play them on a portable DVD player? Sorry to be so behind the time - just never had the time for playing.
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Dell PC DVD decoder
I've been having a few problems with my PC and playing DVDs tonight. So I uninstalled Napster that seemed to be hogging Media Player and also uninstalled Dell Cinema Viewer because it doesn't work very well. Now when I go to play a DVD Media Player says I need a DVD Decoder. Can I get this for free of the internet? There…
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AVG Download help
Hi I was going to download the avg virus software on my pc, as I have heard it's as good as norton for virus protection - and it's free! I've just gone to download it, and am now confused as to which one I need, can anyone help?? http://www.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-products/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 Many thanks, Mrs P
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I Wanna Set Up Wireless Broadband
Sorry if this is in the wrong place / others have already asked.... I want to buy a wireless modem router and two wireless usb adapters - one for our main computer downstairs and one for the office computer upstairs. Which is currently the cheapest HIGHSTREET shop? I know the internet will be cheaper, but just looking at…
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AVG help ?
I'm using the latest AVG anti virus and today it has started showing the grey icon on the task bar which indicates that an update is required however when I update it says that all updates are OK but the programme still says that it needs to be updated. (Hope that makes sense) any ideas please. Thanks
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Best price / performance graphics card
Hi, What's the best price/performance medium performance graphics card on the market at the moment? A friend has £100 to spend (although he doesn't want to a lot of money to get very small increments in graphics performance). Games he plays will be mainly Titan Quest online. Thanx AMO
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removing icon
on the bottom right near the clock you have all icon is there a way to remove these ?
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system recovery
hi,,,first off ide like to tell you what happened, i turned my commy off and 1 hour later when i got back i turned it on,and got this message,,, "a disk read error occured-press ctrl+alt+del to restart" after doing that it tries to restart but i get the same message ive tried to load the boot disk up to re-install windows…
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Installing Zone Alarm
Hi I dont know what I am doing so I am asking for some advice please. I tried to install zone alarm after reading windows fire wall wasnt any good but it tells me to disable my anti virus, now when I click on AV icon it says snooze do I click this or do I exit it?? many thanks because I know one of you out there will know…
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wireless psp connection
how can i get my psp connected through my wireless connection i am on aol with a netgear wireless connection when i go in through my psp it finds a network connection but when it looks for an ip address it hangs then says connection error the attempt to obtain the ip address timed out anyone help:o
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PC Wont Boot Getting This Message Please Help
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt :\windowssystem32\config\system you can attempt to repair this file by starting windows using the original setup cd-rom select r at the first scree to start repair Ive tried the above which it suggests but still no joy Thanks so much in advance !